Bronze Age Long Looped and Socketted Axehead

CENTRAL EUROPE, 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.

4 3/4 in. (319 grams, 12 cm).

With square-section collared socket and rectangular cheeks and straight cutting edge, small attachment loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; with collection no.BA29; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

Literature

Cf. Evans, J., The Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, London, 1881, for similar.

CONDITION

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